[[Kathleen M. Galvin]] was elected to the Charlottesville [[City Council]] in the [[2011 election]]<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Dems sweep City Council elections|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/nov/08/dems-sweep-city-council-elections-ar-1445168/|author=Graham Moomaw|pageno=|printdate=|publishdate=November 8, 2011|accessdate=November 8, 2011|cturl=}}</ref>. She is a current member of the [[Charlottesville School Board]] and one of three Democrats nominated that year in a seven-way primary. <ref name="primary">{{cite-progress|title=Recount confirms Democratic Council noms|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/aug/22/recount-confirms-democratic-council-noms-ar-1255060/|author=Graham Moomaw|pageno=|printdate=August 22, 2011|publishdate=August 22, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011|cturl=}}</ref>

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[[Kathleen M. Galvin]] was elected to the Charlottesville [[City Council]] in the [[2011 election]]<ref>{{cite-progress|title=Dems sweep City Council elections|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/nov/08/dems-sweep-city-council-elections-ar-1445168/|author=Graham Moomaw|pageno=|printdate=|publishdate=November 8, 2011|accessdate=November 8, 2011|cturl=}}</ref>. She is a former member of the [[Charlottesville School Board]] and one of three Democrats nominated that year in a seven-way primary. <ref name="primary">{{cite-progress|title=Recount confirms Democratic Council noms|url=http://www2.dailyprogress.com/news/2011/aug/22/recount-confirms-democratic-council-noms-ar-1255060/|author=Graham Moomaw|pageno=|printdate=August 22, 2011|publishdate=August 22, 2011|accessdate=August 23, 2011|cturl=}}</ref>

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She won re-election to a second term on November 3, 2015. <ref name="unofficial">{{cite web|title=2015 November General - Unofficial Results|url=http://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2015%20November%20General/Site/Locality/ALBEMARLE%20COUNTY/Index.html|author=|work=|publisher=Virginia State Board of Elections|location=|publishdate=November 3, 2015|accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref>

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She won a second nomination in the June 9, 2015 Democratic primary for the [[2015 election]]. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=So far, five Democrats to vie for 3 City Council nominations in June primary|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/so-far-five-democrats-to-vie-for-city-council-nominations/article_954ef274-bc85-11e4-b650-53413ae7e877.html|author=Staff Reports|pageno=|printdate=February 25, 2015|publishdate=February 24, 2015|accessdate=February 25, 2015}}</ref>

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Galvin announced on [[March 14]], 2019 that she would seek the Democratic nomination for [[Virginia's 57th House of Delegates District]]. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Galvin to seek Democratic nod for 57th District seat|url=https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/galvin-to-seek-democratic-nod-for-th-district-seat/article_3943fa4a-4112-11e9-a04d-9be9f870d093.html|author=Nolan Stout|pageno=|printdate=March 8, 2019|publishdate=March 7, 2019|accessdate=March 8, 2019}}</ref> She lost to [[Sally Hudson]] in the primary.

==Biography==

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Galvin received a BA in Economics and Geography from Boston University in 1978 and an MA in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1986. Since 2001, she has been an adjunct faculty member in the University of Virginia, Department of Planning, teaching courses in Neighborhood-based Design and Planning and Graphics. <ref name="bio" />

Galvin received a BA in Economics and Geography from Boston University in 1978 and an MA in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1986. Since 2001, she has been an adjunct faculty member in the University of Virginia, Department of Planning, teaching courses in Neighborhood-based Design and Planning and Graphics. <ref name="bio" />

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She is originally from Brockton, Massachussets{{fact}}.

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She is originally from Brockton, Massachussets<ref>https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/articles/kathy-galvin</ref>

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In January 2016, Galvin was named to the following committees: <ref>{{cite email|subject=RE: list of appointments|from=Paige Rice|sourceorg=City of Charlottesville|to=Sean Tubbs|repositoryorg=Charlottesville Tomorrow|senddate=January 7, 2016}}</ref>

Galvin received a BA in Economics and Geography from Boston University in 1978 and an MA in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 1986. Since 2001, she has been an adjunct faculty member in the University of Virginia, Department of Planning, teaching courses in Neighborhood-based Design and Planning and Graphics. [6]

Issues

Yes — it means better access to jobs, more households to support and grow our downtown businesses, and a growing tax base to pay for amenities and services such as excellent public schools and parks. It’s an important element of better connectivity, to support stronger bus service and diffuse traffic bottlenecks like Route 29; the overall design also includes two-way bike lanes and multi use trails, to help us leave our cars at home when possible. If I am elected, the parkway will be part of a holistic regional plan to reduce sprawl, preserve farmland and shrink our ecological footprint.

Do you support the approved water supply plan or a different approach?

I support the earthen dam at Ragged Mountain Reservoir, because it makes environmental and economic sense.To be authorized by DEQ under the law, our water supply plan must meet both human and natural habitat needs; no one has shown that dredging alone could do that. The Council Compromise Plan strikes the right balance between conservation and ensuring an adequate, permanent water supply — and it doesn’t preclude the elective dredging RWSA plans to do for the Rivanna Reservoir.We’ve spent $5 million since 2006 studying this issue; let’s redirect our energies and limited resources to address other important issues.

What is the most important thing the city can do to create jobs?

Show businesses that the city “works” — for employers and for workers. Businesses considering Charlottesville need to see a well prepared workforce (education and skills training, for adults, as well as children), a good multi-modal transportation network and solid physical infrastructure buildings, as well as the water, power and other systems that support them).They should see a community that supports its home-grown entrepreneurs, cares for the environment by minimizing its footprint and welcomes families and people at all ages and stages of their lives. When businesses see a good“home” for themselves and their employees, the jobs will follow.

Does the city have an affordable housing problem? What should council do?

There are at least two concerns: lack of city housing that teachers, first responders and others in the workforce can afford (to buy or rent); and pockets of concentrated public and assisted housing which have become socio-economically isolated from their surrounding neighbors. It’s a sadly perfect example of how looking at a“problem” piecemeal can frustrate efforts to“solve” it; these issues require attention to economic, employment, transportation and education elements as much as the actual roof-over-your-head element in order to make progress.That’s council’s job — to help citizens step back, assess complicated situations and attack them on multiple fronts to move forward.

What should the city do on the issue of addressing poverty?

We can work with residents in areas where poverty is most physically concentrated to come up with principles, priorities and strategies to expand economic opportunities, like PVCC and CATEC “storefronts” focused on adult learning and jobspecific training programs, and equitable neighborhood revitalization efforts that de-concentrate lowincome housing without displacing residents and increase income levels, savings and wealth for existing residents.We can work on meeting the needs of workers — child care, transportation, and so on — because when folks have the dignity of good work, socio-economically diverse neighborhoods develop naturally, to everyone’s benefit.

What is the city’s biggest challenge in transportation?

We need greater connectivity and transportation choice to distribute vehicular traffic and more workforce housing in the city to support public transit. Some neighborhoods on the county border bear an unfair share of the everyday traffic burden, in part because there aren’t enough different ways to get“from A to B” within the city to diffuse traffic more evenly.The Meadow Creek Parkway, Hillsdale Drive Extended, the Fontaine-Sunset Connector and other such projects will serve to increase connectivity for multiple modes of transportation. Strategic and sensitive infill along our growth corridors, with housing for a range of income levels, will bring the ridership needed to sustain an excellent public transportation system.

What will be your top priority if elected?

We need to re-establish our commitment to being a well-functioning governing body; it won’t do any good to have council be transparent and accountable (things it must always be) if all we produce is dysfunction and discord.To be good partners with each other as councilors, with Charlottesville residents, and with our neighboring jurisdictions and UVa, we have to step back and focus on why we’re on council, and what we need to do to best serve each citizen and the common good. Council needs that bedrock consensus to tackle complex issues and help make Charlottesville an even better place.